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SMELLY CARS

Keep the smoke out!

• Air fresheners united against tobacco.
• Dude, someone else's cigarette smoke can kill you.
• Even if you don't smoke, just being in a car with a smoker can give you lung infections, heart disease, and asthma.
• Opening windows and turning on the air won’t protect you.
• Your car is your kingdom.
• Don't let people smoke inside.
• Keep the smoke out of your ride.

fact: Not like NOS

Secondhand smoke has over 4,000 chemical compounds including nicotine, tar, carbon monoxide, ammonia, lead, arsenic, formaldehyde and 69 chemicals that can cause cancer.

fact: Not in my car

In a survey of import tuners aged 18-24 yrs.

• 65% don't allow smoking in their cars.
• 79% prefer to go to smoke-free events.

fact: Not fresh - never will be

Secondhand smoke stinks. ventilation does not get rid of the smell in your car, the funk, or all those nasty chemicals.

fact: No love

People married to smokers have a 2 to 3 times higher risk of death by heart attack and a higher risk of lung cancer - even if they don't smoke!

Sources: Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids; RIDE Survey HIN 2002; American Journal of Public Health, May 1987; Clinics in Chest Medicine. December 1991.

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